[Video Description: Mark Ruffalo as Joseph Califano is standing on a table surrounded by disability rights protestors chanting, "Sign or resign." Joseph interjects, saying he supports their right to protest and recalls standing with students at Kent State and supporting the Selma Marches. He then tells the crowd of people to be fair. Linden Porco as Ken, one of the protestors, repeats the word "fair" before firing back that if he wants to talk fair, he needs to sign Section 504 or resign. Ken then approaches the table, slams his hands down as the group resumes chanting "Sign or resign." Taken aback, Joseph steps down from the table as the protestors grow louder. TEXT: BEING HEUMANN. NOV 13. APPLE TV LOGO.]
"This was never going to be done without authenticity." Authentic casting of people with disabilities for "Being Heumann" was a non-negotiable for the team behind the film, which begins streaming Friday on Apple TV.
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[Video description: Madeline Delp as Kitty Cone asks Ruth Madeley as Judy Heumann about the words written on her protest sign. TEXT: HUMAN RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITITIES. Kitty reads the last word aloud as Judy realizes her mistake. They laugh as Judy jokingly accuses Kitty of distracting her while writing. TEXT: BEING HEUMANN. NOV 13. APPLE TV LOGO]
“Being Heumann” recounts a pivotal moment in disability rights history — and the film’s paralyzed co-writer had never heard about it. Read her essay.
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Organizers like Judy Heumann pressured officials to implement the first federal legislation protecting disabled Americans from civil rights violations. “Being Heumann,” a new film by director Siân Heder, dramatizes the 26-day demonstration. https://t.co/PKFo6NWMPi
[Video Description: Music begins. A police officer yells to other officers that protestors are entering the federal building. The doors open, and Ruth Madeley as Judy Heumann enters with a group of protestors behind her. Judy tells an officer to move out of her way. The group encounters some stairs. Judy calls out to the protestors, asking them to bring a ramp so everyone can get upstairs. She also asks others to lift her and carry her past the stairs. Judy tells the group they are heading to the fourth floor. Outside the building, protestors alert others that Judy needs a ramp. Dylan O’Brien, who plays a news reporter named Evan White, tells the officers he is press and needs to enter the building. The officers deny him access. The ramp is brought inside as people chant, “504!” A banner reads, “SUPPORT 504 RALLY FOR DISABLED RIGHTS.” The crowd cheers as wheelchair users make their way up the ramp and continue further into the building.]